Israel Studies Centers outside Israel:
Center for Israeli Studies, American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
Batt-Tomb T-27
Washington, DC. 20016-8029, USA
Tel: 202-885-3780
Fax: 202-885-1318
E-mail: adina.kanefield@american.edu or rstone@american.edu
Director: Prof. Russell Stone
Center for Israeli Studies, University College London
Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Foster Court, Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Tel: (00 44) 20-7679-7171
Fax: (00 44) 20-7209-1026
E-mail: n.f.lochery@ucl.ac.uk
Director: Dr. Neill Lochery
Department of Israel, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(Russian)
12 Rozhdestvenka St.
Moscow, Russia 103753
Tel: (7-095) 921-1884 or (7-095) 975-2396
E-mail: vasfedor@mtu-net.ru
Chair: Prof. Andrey Fedorchenko
Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, University of Maryland
Program in Modern Hebrew
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College Park, MD 20742-7415, USA
E-mail: zakim@umd.edu
Director: Eric Zakim
Henry and Marilyn Taub Center for Israel Studies, New York University
Dept. of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
51 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012-1075, USA
Tel: 212-992-9797
Fax: 212-995-4178
E-mail: faqs.taubcenter@nyu.edu
Director: Prof. Ronald W. Zweig
Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University
1180 Amsterdam Avenue
Fayerweather Hall, Room 151
New York, NY 10027, USA
Tel: 212-854-2581
Fax: 212-854- 2590
E-mail: mg27@columbia.edu
Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East, University of Denver
2201 S. Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80208-2324, USA
Tel: 303-871-3094
Fax: 303-871-2456
E-mail: isime-du@du.edu
Director: Prof. Shaul Gabbay
Institute for the Study of Modern Israel, Emory University
1256 Briarcliff Road
Building A, Room 427N
Atlanta, Georgia 30306, USA
Tel: 404-727-2798
Fax: 404-727-2441
E-mail: kstein@emory.edu
Director: Prof. Kenneth W. Stein
Israel Studies Institute
Touro College
50 West 23rd Street -- Room 626
New York, NY 10010
Tel. 212-242-4668 Ext. 6047
E-mail: mervin.verbit@touro.edu
Director: Prof. Mervin F. Verbit
Israel Studies Program, Center for Jewish Studies, Moscow State University
11 Mokhovaya St.
Moscow, Russia 103009
Tel/Fax: (7-095) 203-3121 or (7-095) 203-6258
E-mail: cjs@iaas.msu.ru or bartal@h2.hum.huji.ac.il
Chair: Prof. Arkady Fedorchenko
Co-Chair: Prof. Israel Bartal
Israel Studies Program, University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Social Science Building
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
Tel: (403) 220-4097
E-mail: skeren@ucalgary.ca
Director: Dr. Shlomit Keren
Israel Studies Program, University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA International Institute
11355 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1487, USA
Tel: 310-206-8578
Fax: 310-206-3555
E-mail: israel@international.ucla.edu
Madar -- The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies
Jaffa Street
P. O. Box 1959
Ramallah, Palestine
Tel: 970-2-2966201-4
Fax: 970-2-2966205
E-mail: madar@madarcenter.org
Executive Director: Maisa Hourani
Modern Jewish and Israel Studies Program, B.A. Minor, California State University at Chico
Office of International Programs
Tehama Hall 211
Chico, CA 95929, USA
Tel: 530-898- 4336
E-mail: grin@csuchico.edu
Coordinator: Prof. Samuel Edelman
Moscow Institute for Israel and Middle Eastern Studies
Naprudniy pereulok 10
Moscow, Russia
Tel: (7-095) 786-4300
E-mail: president@rjc.ru or efgigun@ariel.ru
President: Evgene Satanovsky
Director: Efim L. Gigun
Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Mailstop 060
Waltham, MA 02454, USA
Tel: 781-736-2152
Fax: 781-736-2070
E-mail: litcofsk@brandeis.edu, troen@brandeis.edu
Executive Director: Prof. Ilan Troen
http://www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/
Endowed Chairs of Israel Studies outside Israel:
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Visiting Israel Professorship, Georgetown University
Contact: Prof. Robert J. Lieber
Dept. of Government
37th and "O" Streets, Washington, DC 20057-1034, USA
Tel: 202-687-5920
Fax: 202-687-5858
E-mail: lieberr@georgetown.edu
Abraham S. and Jack Kay Professor of Israel Studies, University of Maryland
Program in Modern Hebrew
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College Park, MD 20742-7415, USA
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies, University of Toronto
Prof. Emanuel Adler
Dept. of Political Studies
University College, 15 King’s College Circle
Toronto ONT M5S 3H7, Canada
Tel: 416-978-8131
E-mail: emanuel.adler@utoronto.ca
Helen Diller Visiting Israeli Scholars Program, University of California, Berkeley
340 Stephens Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2314, USA
Tel: 510-642-8208
Fax: 510-643-3001
E-mail: cmes@berkeley.edu
Henry and Marilyn Taub Chair in Israel Studies, New York University
Prof. Ronald Zweig
Dept. of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
51 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012-1075, USA
Tel: 212-992-9797
Fax: 212-995-4178
E-mail: rz11@nyu.edu
Israel Studies Lectureship, University of Manchester (projected)
Center for Jewish Studies
Department of Religions and Theology
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Tel: 0161-275-3614
Fax: 0161-275-3613
E-mail: cjs@man.ac.uk
Kahanoff Chair of Israel Studies, University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Social Science Building
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Leone Ginzburg Research Fellowship in Israeli Law, Politics and Society, Oxford University
Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Yarnton Manor
Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1PY, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1865-284737
Fax: +44 (0) 1865-375079
E-mail: emanuele.ottolenghi@st-antonys.oxford.ac.uk
Leon Liberman Research Chair in Modern Israel Studies, Monash University
Contact: Prof. Fania Oz-Salzberger
Australian Centre for Jewish Civilization
Monash University,
Victoria 3800, Australia
Tel: 61-3-9905-2160
E-mail: Fania.Oz-Salzberger@arts.monash.edu.au or salzberg@research.haifa.ac.il
Michael and Elaine Sterling and Friends Professor of Modern Israel Studies, Michigan State University
Yael Aronoff
James Madison College
East Lansing, MI 48825-1025, USA
Meyerhoff Chair in Israel Studies, University of Wisconsin
Nadav Shelef
Tel: 608-263-2280
E-mail: shelef@wisc.edu
Nachshon Visiting Professorship in Modern Israel Studies, Harvard University
Center for Jewish Studies
6 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Tel: 617-495-4326
Fax: 617-496-8904
E-mail: cjs@fas.harvard.edu
Revson Chair of the Middle East and Israel, University of North Carolina
Contact: Jonathan M. Hess
Director, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
437 Dey Hall, CB 3160
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3160, USA
Tel: 919-843-9160
E-mail: jmhess@email.unc.edu
The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Israel Studies, San Francisco State University
Jewish Studies Program
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
Tel: 415-338-6075
Fax: 415-338-6080
Email: jewish@sfsu.edu
The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Visiting Professor in Israel Studies
San Francisco State University (2007-2009): Uri Bar-Joseph
Rosenbloom Visiting Israeli Professor
Indiana University (Spring 2008): Daphne Tsimhoni
Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professors in Israel Studies
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Mitchell Bard
2810 Blaine Drive
Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
Tel: 301-565-3918
E-mail: mgbard@aol.com
Academic Year 2006-2007:
University of Arizona: Shlomo Aronson
Harvard University: Chuck Freilich
University of Florida: Motti Inbari
University of Maryland: Avi Picard
Rutgers University: Yaacov Yadgar
Syracuse University: David Tal
University of Texas - Austin: Yoav Gelber
Washington University - St. Louis: David Nachmias
Academic Year 2007-2008:
University of California at Irvine: Gideon Rahat
Boston University: Paula Kabalo
University of Colorado: Benny Miller
University of Ariziona: Shlomo Aronson
Rutgers University: Meir Buzaglo
University of Texas at Austin: Yoav Gelber
University of Florida: Harvey Goldberg
American University: Naomi Gale
The University of Oklahoma: Maurice Roumani
Tulane University: Moshe Naor
University of North Texas: Eli Avraham
Syracuse University: David Tal
Washington University in St. Louis: Michael Widlanski
The George Washington University: Abraham Diskin
UCLA: Hagit Lavsky
University of Minnesota: Michael Eppel
James Madison University: Chaim Weizmann
Boston University/Tufts (Fall 2007)
Harvard University (Spring 2008): Chuck Freilich
Stanford University: Yifat Gazit
New York University (Spring 2008): Aron Shai
Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Visiting Professor, American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
Batt-Tomp T-27
Washington, DC. 20016-8029, USA
Tel: 202-885-3780
Fax: 202-885-1318
E-mail: adina.kanefield@american.edu or rstone@american.edu
Stoll Family Chair in Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Prof. Ilan Troen
Dept. of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Waltham, MA 02454
Tel: 781-736-6220
E-mail: troen@brandeis.edu
William Schatten Chair of Contemporary Middle Eastern History and Israeli Studies, Emory University
Prof. Kenneth W. Stein
Dept. of History
Atlanta 30322, GA 30322, USA
Tel: 404-727-2798
Fax: 404-727-2441
E-mail: kenneth.stein@emory.edu
Yosif Hayim Yerushalmi Chair of Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University
Prof. Michael Stanislawski
605 Fayerweather
New York, NY 10027-6902
Tel: 212-854-2482
E-mail: yhyl@columbia.edu
Israel Studies Centers and Institutes in Israel
Adva Center
P. O. Box 36529
Tel Aviv 61364
Tel: 03-5608871
Fax: 03-5602205
E-mail: advainfo@bezeqint.net
Director: Barbara Swirski
Argov Center for the Study of Israel and the Jewish People, Bar Ilan University
Department of Political Studies
Ramat Gan 52900
Tel: 03-5318157, 03-5318578
Fax: 03-5353307
E-mail: israeez@mail.biu.ac.il
Director: Prof. Eliezer Don-Yehiya
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan 52900
Tel: 03-535-9198, 03-531-8959
Fax: 03-535-9195
E-mail: office@besacenter.org
Director: Prof. Efraim Inbar
Ben Gurion Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Sde-Boker 84990
Tel: 07-6596936, 07-6596937
Fax: 07-6596939
E-Mail: moreshet@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Director: Prof. Yehuda Gradus
Burda Center for Innovative Communications, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva 84105
Tel: 08-6477194
Fax: 08-6472855
E-mail: burda@bgu.ac.il
Head: Prof. Dan Caspi
Center for the Study of Bedouin Society and Culture, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva 84105
Tel: 08-6472859
Fax: 08-6461876
E-mail: Bedouin@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Director: Prof. Alean Al-Krenawi
Center of International Communications and Policy, Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan 52900
Tel: 03-5317061
Fax: 03-9234511
E-mail: wilzis@mail.biu.ac.il
Head: Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva 84105
Tel: 08-647-2538
Fax: 08-647-2922
E-mail: hercen@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Chair: Dr. Nimrod Hurvitz
Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society
Faculty of Social Science, Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978
Tel: 03-640-5866
Fax: 03-640-6545
E-mail: mherzog@post.tau.ac.il
Director: Dr. Yoram Peri
Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel, Hebrew University
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
Tel: 02-588-2867
Fax: 02-558-2986
E-mail: cherrick@h2.hum.huji.ac.il
Director: Hagit Lavsky
Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
Tel.: 02-5882312
Fax: 02-5825534
E-mail: msdavis@mscc.huji.ac.il
Director: Prof. Raymond Cohen
Department of Land of Israel Studies, University of Haifa
Har Hacarmel, Haifa 31905
Tel: 04-824-9296/9414
Fax: 04-824-0959
E-mail: hbirman@univ.Haifa.ac.il
Chair: Dr. Motti Golani
Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel, Hebrew University
Department of Economics
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
Tel. 02-5883167
Fax: 02-5816071
E-mail: msfalkin@mscc.huji.ac.il
Director: Prof. Victor Lavy
Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies
9a Diskin St.
Jerusalem 96440
Tel: 02-5666243
Fax: 02-5666252
E-mail: office@fips.org.il
Gilo Center for Citizenship, Democracy, and Civic Education, Hebrew University
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
Tel: 02-5882267
Fax: 02-5881532
E-mail: gilocenter@mscc.huji.ac.il
Director: Prof. Dan Avnon
Global Research in International Affairs Center, Interdisciplinary Center
Herzliya 46150
Tel: 09-960-2736
Fax: 09-956-8605
E-mail: gloria@idc.ac.il
Director: Prof. Barry Rubin
Heksherim Center for the Study of Jewish and Israeli Literature and Culture, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva 84105
Tel: 08-6477548
E-mail: heksher@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Director: Prof. Yigal Schwartz
Herzl Institute for Research and Studies of Zionism and Israel
Har Hacarmel, Haifa 31905
Tel: 04-8240851
Fax: 04-8249010
E-mail: ygelber@univ.haifa.ac.il
Head: Prof. Yoav Gelber
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Social Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
P. O. B. 653
Beer-Sheva 84105
Tel: 07-6461112
Fax: 07-6472938
E-mail: Humphrey@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Director: Dr. Lev Grinberg
Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978
Tel: 03-640-0400
Fax: 03-744-7590
E-mail: info@inss.org.il
Head: Dr. Zvi Shtauber
Israel Democracy Institute
4 Pinsker Street
Talbieh, Jerusalem 92228
Mailing address: POB 4702, Jerusalem 91046
Tel: 02-530-0888
Fax: 02-530-0837
E-mail: via webpage
President: Prof. Arye Carmon
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
P. O. B. 9321, Jerusalem 91092
Tel: 02-6769460
Fax: 02-6768011
E-mail: ipcri@ipcri.org
Directors: Dr. Gershon Baskin and Khaled Duzdar
Israel Studies Program, Academic Program in Russian, Open University of Israel
108 Ravutsky St.
Raanana 43107
Tel: 09-778-1785
E-mail: vicali@openu.ac.il
Director: Dr. Victoria Libin
Israel Studies Center, Chais Center for Jewish Studies in Russian, Hebrew University
Institute of Jewish Studies, Faculty of Humanities
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
Tel: 02-588-1770/1
E-mail: rusjew@h2.hum.huji.ac.il or goldin@h2.hum.huji.ac.il
Director: Semion Goldin
Israeli Center for Third-Sector Research
School of Management
Ben Gurion Univesity of the Negev
Tel: 972-8-6472323
E-mail: ictr@bgu.ac.il
Director: Prof. Benjamin Gidron
Israeli Institute for Economic and Social Research
50 Reines St.
Tel Aviv 64587
Tel. 03-5271552
Fax: 03-5271554
E-mail: roby@iiesr.org.il
Chair: Dr. Roby Nathanson
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Beit Milken, 13 Tel Hai St.
Jerusalem 92107
Tel: 02-5619281
Fax: 02-5619112
E-mail: jcpa@netvision.net.il
President: Dr. Dore Gold
Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
20 Radak St.
Jerusalem 92186
Tel: 02-5662554, 02-5662798, 02-5618487, 02-5630175
Fax: 02-5639814
E-mail: machon@jiis.org.il
Head: Prof. Ya'akov Bar-Siman-Tov
Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
POB 653
Beer Sheva 84105
Tel: 07-6472022
Fax: 07-6278991
E-mail: ncrd@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Peres Center for Peace
2 Hashalom Rd., 4th Fl.
Tel Aviv 67892
Tel: 03-568-0680
Fax: 03-562-7265
E-mail: info@peres-center.org
President: Uriel Savir
Shalem Center
22a Hatsfira St.
Jerusalem
Tel: 02-5660601
E-mail: shalem@shalem.org.il
Executive Director: Yishai Haetzni
Silbert Center for Israel Studies, Hebrew University
Faculty of Social Science, Room 3520
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
Tel: 02- 5883032
E-mail: msilbert@mscc.huji.ac.il
Director: Prof. Rehav Rubin
State of Israel Studies, B.A. Major, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva 84105
Tel: 08-6461111
E-mail: friling@bgumail.bgu.ac.il, oshiff@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Heads: Drs. Hannah Yablonka, Tuvia Friling, and Ofer Shiff
Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978
Tel: 03-6424298, 03-6406762
Fax: 03-6407489
E-mail: steinmet@post.tau.ac.il
Head: Prof. Mordechai Tamarkin
Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905
E-mail: mseba@mscc.huji.ac.il
Director: Dr. Eyal Ben-Ari
Weizmann Center for Study of Zionism, Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978
Tel: 03-6409468
Fax: 03-6409680
E-mail: ashapira@post.tau.ac.il
Head: Prof. Anita Shapira
Yad Ben-Zvi
12 Abravanel St.
Rehavia, Jerusalem 91076
Tel: 02-5398888
Fax: 02-5638310
E-mail: mbz@cc.huji.ac.il
Director: Dr. Zvi Zameret
Yad Tabenkin, The Research and Documentation Center of the Kibbutz Movement
Ramat Efal 52960
Tel: 03-5344458
Fax: 03-5346376
E-mail: yadtabmaz@bezeqint.net
Director: Itzchak Guershon
Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies
26 Haim Levanon St.
P. O. B. 17538
Tel Aviv
Tel: 03-7453333
Fax: 03-7453355
E-mail: info@rabincenter.org.il